A Brief History of Upper Assam

Hardeep Singh Matharu shares about how Jorhat, Assam came to be and the contributions of the Jorehaut Tea Company. In addition, he highlights how the British had built an efficient inland water transportation system which saw the arrival of steamers from Calcutta and Dhaka. Major ghats in Assam included the ones in Guwahati, Tezpur, Jorhat, Sibsagar and Dibrugarh. Unfortunately, this water transportation system mostly fell into disuse following India’s independence in 1947.